Donald Trump Just Pulled His Most Disgusting Stunt Yet

Just two hours before he was set to appear on the debate stage with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump held a press conference with three women who have accused her husband of sexual misconduct. Kathleen Wiley, Juanita Broaddrick, and Paula Jones joined him for a Facebook Live video, NBC News reports, along with Kathy Shelton, whose accused rapist Hillary Clinton represented as a defense lawyer in 1975.

Each woman delivered prepared remarks. Broaddrick, who has long maintained that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978, said, "Mr. Trump may have said some bad words, but Bill Clinton raped me and Hillary Clinton threatened me. I don't think there's anything worse."

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Trump claimed that each woman had asked to be included, but he did not answer when a reporter shouted a question about whether he believes he can touch women without their consent. That was in reference to the video leaked Friday, where Trump said he could grab women "by the pussy" because he's "a star."

The Clinton campaign released a statement responding to what it characterized as a "stunt."

The reaction from other corners of the political world has been harsh:

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Update (8:27 PM): Trump said in a 1998 interview that Paula Jones—who joined him for the press conference today—was a "loser," and later the same year dismissed her claims. It's part of a pattern of what CNN characterizes as Trump "making light" of Bill Clinton's accusers. "His victims are terrible," he once told Fox News' Neil Cavuto. "He is, he is really a victim himself. But he put himself in that position."

Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, has weighed in on Twitter:

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Jack HolmesPolitics EditorJack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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